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(No Model.)

W. A. BROWN.

SHEAF CARRIER.

No. 389,136. Patented Sept 4, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEQ VILLIAM A. BROVN, OF BOISSEVAN, MANITOBA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO BANFIELD CAPRON, OF PARIS, CANADA.

SHEAF-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389.136, datedSeptember 4, 1888.

Application filed August 22, 18:7. Serial No. 247,633. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern: ard H in this figure is shown latched inposi- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ALEXANDER tion between the stop (I andthe spring-latch 6, BROWN, of the village of Boissevan, in the thedetails of which are more particularly Turtle Mountain district, in theProvince of shown in Fig. 3. f and care the side and front 5 Manitoba,Canada, farmer, have invented a rails of the sheaf'carrier, adapted tokeep the certain new and useful Improved Sheaf-Garbundles on thesheaf-carrier when discharged rier, of which the following is aspecification. from the binder. L is a rock-shaft attached The object ofthe invention is to provide a to the frame of the binder, with pedal Zon the sheaf-carrier which is simple in construction end of an arm, Z,near the drivers seat M. 10 and easily operated so as to effectuallydump This rock-shaft has another arm, Z on its front the sheaves, andwhich automatically assumes end, to which is pivotally attached a link,N, its normal position by gravitation after the which is hooked to theinnerend of the springload is discharged; and it consists, essentially,latch e. I I are the jointed slats, jointed at of a sheaf-carrying framehaving slats or bars in, with stop it on the rear ends of the front 15composed of two halves jointed together, so halves, I, (see Fig. 2,)formed at said joint to that when the sheaf-carrier is tripped to dumpkeep the slats normally straight, I being the the sheaves the fronthalves of these jointed front half and I the rear half at thedischargslats, being pivoted centrally, are caused to ing end of thesheafcarrier. The ends of the tilt by the weight of the load, so as todischarge slats at the discharging end have a slight up- 20 the sheaves,while the rear halves of these ward curve.

jointed slats at the discharging end of the Fig. 2 is a detail of one ofthese jointed slats sheaf-carrier trail along the ground while the ofthe sheaf-carrier, in which F and F are secsheaves are being discharged.\Vhen the load tions of the cross-slats, and D section of the isdischarged, the empty sheaf-carrier, owing sheaf-carrier-supporting rod,to which are Hg 25 to the weight of the front portion thereof, auidlyattached the collars O, which are two or tomatically assumes its normalposition, the threein number,and rigidly connect the crossbars becomestraightened out, the rear halves bar F of the sheaf-carrier to thesheaf-carrierof these hinged bars rising from the ground, supporting rodD, which is adapted to rock in and the sheaf-carrier becomes locked inposiits bearings, so as to tilt the sheaf-carrier and 30 tion and readyfor a fresh supply of sheaves, dump the sheaves. The rear half, I, ofthe as hereinafter more particularly described. slat is jointed to thefront half, I, at m, a Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imsquareshoulder being there formed, and a proved sheaf-carrier attached toabinder. Fig. stop, a, to keep the slat normally straight,and 2 is adetail of one of the hinged or jointed so placed that it will not benddownward. 5 slats of the sheafcarrier. Fig. 3 is a detail of Fig. 3 is adetail of the bracket E, in which the trip mechanism. is journaled at 0one end of the sheaf-carrier- In the drawings like letters of referenceinsupporting rod D. E and E are bent arms dicate similar parts in thedifferent figures. formed on the bracket E, and provided with InFig.1,Aisabentbarattached tothe binderholes 0 0, through which suitablemeans, as 0 frame at the points a and b, the lower end of bolts, aredesigned to be passed to secure them which,at c, affords a bearing forone end of the to the bottom of the table K. These arms aresheaf-carriersupporting rod D,the other end of spread, so as to bettersupport the bracket E, therod D being journaled in the bracket E onwhich helps to support the sheaf-carrier, the thejournal-bearingGandsuitablyheldinp'osibent bar A and this bracket E bearing the 5 5 tion,the bracket E being rigidly attached to whole weight of the loadedsheafcarrier. (Z the under side of the discharging-table K of is a stopforming an elbow, which is bolted to the binder. The cross-bar F of thesheaf-carthe outer side of the bracket, and e is aspringvrier is rigidlysecured to the sheaf-carrier-sup- ,latch like an ordinary door-latch, ofwhich 6 porting rod D, the two ends thereof being bent is the circularspindle, around which is coiled rco 5o upwardly to form standards G andH for the the spiral spring p, one end whereof is attached side frame ofthe bundle carrier. The standto the latch end of the spindle, and theother end bears against the frame-piece P, which'is bolted to the innerside of the bracket E. p is the slotted enlarged end of spindle,on whichis hooked the link N, which is actuated by the rock-shaft L, so as towithdraw the latch and release the standard H, which. is held betweenthe stop and the latch when the sheaf-carrier is in its normal position,as shown by the full lines in Fig. 1.

The mode of operation is as follows: \Vhen the sheaf-carrier is full ofsheaves, which lie lengthwise thereon, the driver releases thesheaf-carrier by pressing his foot on the pedal 1 of the rock-shaft L.This withdraws the latch e and releases the standard H of thesheaf-carrier frame, and the loaded sheaf-carrier tilts by the weight ofthe load into the position shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1, thefront halves, l, of thejointed slats tilt to the rear, and the rearhalves, I, trail, and the sheaves are rapidly discharged from thesheaf-carrier. When all the sheaves are discharged, the preponderatingweight of the front end of the sheaf carrier causes the front end tofall back U into its normal position, as shown in the full lines in Fig.1, and the standard H, passing against the beveled side of the latch e,presses it in, and when past the latch the spring on the latch-spindlecauses the latch to shoot out again and lock the sheaf-carrier in itsnormal position. The falling back into place of the front end of thesheaf-carrier raises the rear halves, I, of the slats from the ground,when they straighten out into line with the front halves, I, of thejointed slats, bearing against the stops at, formed on the front halves,l, as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with a binder and the2. The combination, with the bracket E and bent rod A, rigidly attachedto the binder and supporting the outer end of thesheaf-carriersupporting rod D, of the sheaf-carrier-snpporting rodlD,the sheaf-carrier composed of slats, the slats being halved and the twohalves jointed together and the front halves centrally. pivoted on saidrod, the standard H, stop at on said bracket, spring latch 0, link N,and treadlelever Z, connected with said link, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, with the base-frame of a harvester and therock-shaft L, jonrnaled thereon, and provided at one end with bent arm Zand pedal Z and at the other end with the arm Z, of the sheaf-supportingrod D, the bracket E, attached to the binder-table, a stop, 01, on saidbracket, and a spring latch, a sheafcarrier, the bracket H on saidcarrier,held by said latch and stop, and the link N, connecting thespring-latch with the arm 1 snbstantially as and for the purposespecified.

Toronto, July 29, 1887.

W. A.- BROWN. In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, CHAS. H. RIOHES.

